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Pubs Galore - the next crawl (Stockport, Autumn 2017)

This year's crawls have been in London (25 March) and the Midlands (23 June), so I think we need to agree on a northern venue for this year's autumn crawl. We usually do this in November rather than October - is this to avoid a clash with half-term holidays and consequent difficulty obtaining cheap train tickets? I assume so.

Previous autumn dates (and I'm assuming we're going for a Friday as usual) have included 5 October (a bit of an outlier, this - it was the Black Country coach trip organised by Andy Ven and included a number of non-PuGers, as I recall), and 11, 12, 13, 14, 18 and 22 November.

This year's crawls have been in London (25 March) and the Midlands (23 June), so I think we need to agree on a northern venue for this year's autumn crawl. We usually do this in November rather than October - is this to avoid a clash with half-term holidays and consequent difficulty obtaining cheap train tickets? I assume so.

Previous autumn dates (and I'm assuming we're going for a Friday as usual) have included 5 October (a bit of an outlier, this - it was the Black Country coach trip organised by Andy Ven and included a number of non-PuGers, as I recall), and 11, 12, 13, 14, 18 and 22 November.

Just to get the ball rolling, I propose Stockport as the destination this autumn, with a choice of 3, 10 or 17 November.

I would be happy with Stockport,and any Friday in November is good for me.I visited 4 pubs in Stockport quite recently and realised I had only scratched the surface,plus a revisit to those 4 would be more than acceptable.

This year's crawls have been in London (25 March) and the Midlands (23 June), so I think we need to agree on a northern venue for this year's autumn crawl. We usually do this in November rather than October - is this to avoid a clash with half-term holidays and consequent difficulty obtaining cheap train tickets? I assume so.

Previous autumn dates (and I'm assuming we're going for a Friday as usual) have included 5 October (a bit of an outlier, this - it was the Black Country coach trip organised by Andy Ven and included a number of non-PuGers, as I recall), and 11, 12, 13, 14, 18 and 22 November.

Just to get the ball rolling, I propose Stockport as the destination this autumn, with a choice of 3, 10 or 17 November.

I know nothing of Stockport but more than willing to give it a go, hopefully there is a possibility of a few train deals before November to slim down the basic advance ticket cost of £80.00 for me, November shouldnt be a problem.

"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields

I know nothing of Stockport but more than willing to give it a go, hopefully there is a possibility of a few train deals before November to slim down the basic advance ticket cost of £80.00 for me, November shouldnt be a problem.

I will do, but the usual problem is the cost of getting to London at the time of morning I would need to leave at, not much change out of 40 quid saving 70p on a ticket split! I think the way forward will be travel the day before and look at an overnight stop.

"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields

I'm booked up the first three weekends in November so won't be there. If anyone is staying overnight the Robinson's Visitor Centre opens at 09:00 and as food doesn't start until 10:30 then I would assume that they sell the beer at that time. Sadly they don't do breakfasts and I don't think they do Old Tom until December, I didn't think much of the JDW but if you're after breakfast and unlimited coffee then it's most likely fine.